PubMed:19927515 7 Projects
Aggressive resection of hepatocellular carcinoma with right atrial involvement.
Hepatocellular carcinoma with extension into the right heart is a recognized, albeit rare occurrence. Patients who present with tumors extending into the heart have generally been considered inoperable and had limited survival, many sustaining tumor embolism and/or sudden death. Resection has been fraught with intraoperative and perioperative mortality as well as considerable postoperative morbidity. We report an exceptional case of a patient with such a tumor successfully treated with an aggressive surgical approach and review the limited published experience.
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